Web Experience Toolkit (WET)

Web Experience Toolkit (WET) includes reusable components for building and maintaining innovative Web sites that are accessible, usable, and interoperable. These reusable components are open source software and free for use by departments and external Web communities.

The toolkit complies with the new Standards on Web Accessibility and Web Usability; the toolkit will also ease compliance with the upcoming Standard Web Interoperability. WET is highly recommended for use on Government of Canada Websites.

Benefits

  • Provides reusable components for building and maintaining innovative Web sites.
  • Respects accessibility (WCAG 2.0 AA and WAI-ARIA), usability, and interoperability.
  • Reduces costs by consolidating Web tools and solutions.
  • Open source software that is free to use by departments and external Web communities.
  • Uses advanced technologies to push the envelope for Web site functionality:
    • HTML5, CSS3, jQuery (JavaScript framework);
    • Ever-growing list of open source plugins and widgets.
  • Supports a wide range of layouts and designs for internal and external Web sites (including applications).

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